Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2008, 2:17 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2008, 2:17 PM MDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2008, 2:42 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County El Paso County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2:20 PM MDT | TORNADO | Security, CO | NUMEROUS 911 CALLS ON TORNADO IN SECURITY WIDEFIELD AREA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 11:56 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 359 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KPUB 202017 TORPUB COC041-202115- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0007.080620T2017Z-080620T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 217 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... THIS INCLUDES SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS... * UNTIL 315 PM MDT... * AT 216 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. NEAR SECURITY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS. FOUNTAIN. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3877 10456 3854 10457 3867 10482 3888 10478 TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 305DEG 13KT 3875 10475 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KPUB 202024 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 224 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008 COC041-202115- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080620T2115Z/ EL PASO CO- 222 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 221 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO. TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN WEST OF SECURITY OOR NORTHERN FORT CARSON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR SECURITY...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS. FOUNTAIN FORT CARSON AT 215 A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER SAW A TORNADO WEST OF SECURITY AND FOUNTAIN AREA. TAKE COVER NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3877 10456 3854 10457 3867 10482 3888 10478 TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 305DEG 13KT 3874 10473 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 202037 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 237 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008 COC041-202115- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080620T2115Z/ EL PASO CO- 233 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 230 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED SOUTH OF FOUNTAIN...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE STORM WILL IMPACT MAINLY ALONG I-25 SOUTH OF FOUNTAIN IN SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. BETWEEN 215 PM AND 230 PM SEVERAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTERS SAW A TORNADO OR FUNNEL CLOUDS ALONG I-25 WEST OF SECURITY. THAT TORNADO HAS DISSIPATED BUT THE POTENTAIL CONTINUES FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. PLEASE MOVE TO OR STAY IN SHELTERS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3877 10456 3854 10457 3867 10482 3888 10478 TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 333DEG 28KT 3861 10465 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 202042 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 242 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008 COC041-202050- /O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080620T2115Z/ EL PASO CO- 240 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM MDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3877 10456 3854 10457 3867 10482 3888 10478 TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 333DEG 28KT 3856 10462 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 8:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| Jun 19, 8:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 1:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 2:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 2:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 2:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 2:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 2:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 3:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 54 min |
| Jun 20, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 3:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 3:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 5:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 56 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.